As if the big Swingometer update wasn’t enough, I’m not done projecting the House today. Taking a cue from Patrick Ishmael I’m going to simulate today the elections based not just the latest seat-by-seat Cook Political Report ratings, but also on those of Congressional Quarterly’s, the Swing State Project’s, and Larry Sabato’s. Swingometer right now says R+52 from 2008. Ishmael right now also says R+52, | Read More »
The Senate is debating a bill today that includes bailouts for small business, TARP, Jr. The debate between right and left on this legislation is a great example of the big government versus small government approach to economic growth. H.R.5297, officially titled the “Small Business Jobs” bill, will spend another day on the Senate floor as the left pushes to retain the TARP bailout model for | Read More »
Plug -2.8 into the Swingometer and you’ll see 5 districts swing. Louisiana’s second district was the fifth closest seat won by a Republican in 2008, and that Republican was Joseph Cao. He beat William Jefferson, the now-convicted felon who received bribes and kept the cash hidden in his freezer. By election day Jefferson had already been caught, and the money had already been found. Why | Read More »
Financial Services “Reform” passed the Senate yesterday on a 59-39 vote. Now the question is what will happen next? What is the end game for this legislation? What will it look like when it is presented to the President to be signed into law? A conference between the House and Senate is expected in the next month to negotiate the differences between the house passed measure | Read More »
Elena Kagan — get to know the name. The Senate and House have a no votes scheduled for today. Yesterday the Senate completed work on another day of amending S.3217 the “Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010″ (also known as the ObamaBailout bill). The buzz in Washington today is about Solicitor General, Elena Kagan, being President Obama’s pick for the Supreme Court to replace Justice John | Read More »
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